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I Am a Tired Koala

Finishing up 2014 is really exhausting me. Running holiday errands all over the place. The sun sets annoying early (for us northern hemispherians).

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Finishing up 2014 is really exhausting me. Running holiday errands all over the place. The sun sets annoying early (for us northern hemispherians). It's just no good, but I channeled my fatigue into a comic. Since I feel like I could benefit from double-digit hours of sleep, I started thinking about koalas, who spend some 20 hours each day sleeping. It sounds really amazing to me right now. And since koalas in Australia are approaching their longest day of the year, as I brace for the shortest and darkest, I'm doubly jealous.

This is how tired I am.

I enjoy drawing koala faces, but their hands are always a challenge with their having two thumbs and all. It looks like I don't know how to draw hands, and I feel like I'm drawing flower petals making loops in different directions like that. Just thought you'd want to know.


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Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a nap under my desk.